Process of manufacturing textile articles



Patented June 22, 1937 UNITED shares 2.084.510 rnocass orLI/ANUFACTURING -'rax'rms PATENT OFFICE ARTICLES 77 Julian VanPuymbro'eck, Brussels, Belgium Application March 9, 1935, SerialNo.10,150 W 5 Claims. (of. 19-66) A 10 by the fulling mill, orby bothmeans in combination. v

It is known furthermore, that during the spinning'operation, it isgenerally needed to oil the materials to be spun, and this as well inthe 15 combed spinning industry as in the carded spinning industry. Theoiling product generally used is olein, i

It is thusonly possible, in a, general manner, to produce a knittedarticle, a fabric or a yarn of resistant quality by means of textilefibres'of animal origin when use is made of fibres having hooks allowingthe entanglement of said fibres with eachother, or of fibres having afelting capacity which they keep-during the spinning oper- 5 ations andnamely after the oiling, and which allows to agglomerat'e such fibres byfelting.

Certain fibres of animal origin do not have sueh natural feltingcapacity, and such are particularly the hairs of domestic or wildrabbits and the hairs of hares, or such fibres have only this feltingcapacity to a degree insufllcient to be agglomerated in a suillcientlyresistant manner by felting; such fibres however may acquireartificially a felting capacity or at least increase con- 35 siderablythis capacity, namely by a chemical operation' known in the art underthenotion se-- creting operation, and which modifies the appearance ofthe fibre when viewed in the micro-.

scope.

40 The secreting gives to the fibres a felting ea- I pacity which allowsthem to solidly agglomerate in a mass when they are convenientlytreated.

It is therefore that in the hat-making industry a considerable use is.made of secreted rabbit and 45 hares hair for the manufacturing of hatsof high quality.

In spinning, however, it has been stated that I the secreted animalfibres and more particularly the hair of domestic and wild rabbits andof 50 hares lose their felting capacity when they are being oiled bymeans of olein or the other oiling substances commonly used in thespinning industry.

In the description hereafter, the expression 55 "secreted fibres will beused as a generic designation for all animal fibres and moreparticularly for hair of domestic and wild rabbits or .of hares which donot possess a felting capacity or only possess naturally a feltingcapacity insufficient for allowing them to agglomerate in a solid mass,andwhich, by any chemical process, have artiflcially acquired a sumcientfelting capacity,

' which however disappears when the fibre is coated with olein or anyother substances'containing a fatty material. In the same direction, theexpression felting capacity will be used for des- A ignating thecapacity of agglomerating in a resistant and solid mass by felting. Theterm yarn will be used to designate the twisted yarns presenting acertain degree of twist and manufactured by spinning. f

It has already been-proposed to mix a quantity of hair and namely ofcertain qualities of Angora rabbit hair with wool for manufacturing yarnand afterwards fabrics having a silky feel and a nice appearance inconformity with the fashion. But in the articles of this kind, the hairis only enclosed within the mass of wool and is readily removed by asimple stretching action. This effect may be emplained by the fact thatsaid hairs have no hooks or scales and having been oiled with-olein orwith a. similar fatty or oily substance or thelike,- they do not possessany felting ca pacity or only. possess a deficient degree thereof, sothat they cannot become agglomerated by felting or entangled-with thehooks or scales of the wool fibres.

' The invention consists in a method of manufacturlng a new articleformed by a fabric or a i spun, formed by secreted fibres or containingse-' creted fibres in mixture with other fibres, are, oiled no longerwith olein or by means of other known oiling substances, but by means ofa substance containing slimy or mucilaginous products.

According to the invention, the materials to be spun may be oiled bymeans of a product containing a decoction of leaves, branches, or rootsof malvaceous plants and for instance a decoction of mallow roots.

According to the invention, the oiling may be generally performed bymeans of a decoction of a mixture of malvaceous plants and for instanceof mallow roots and plants of the order of the compositae and namely oftussilage also named colt's foot.

Such decoction'may be made as well with theroots as with the leaves,flowers, seeds or any other part of the plants.

According to another object of the invention,

articles containing wholly or partly twisted yarn comprising secretedhair having a felting texture according to the invention and'treatedaccording to the invention, will present numerous advantages over woolenfabrics. As such may be cited namely, that they are warmer and lighterin wearing, they are waterproof or may be water- ,proofed, present anice appearance and feel, they are extremely resistant and presentelectric properties favourable for curing certain diseases, such asrheumatism.

I claim:

1. A process of spinning a material containing secreted fibresconsisting in oiling the material by means of a product containing adecoction of malvaceous plants and spinning such oiled mass of materialaccording to convenient methods.

2. A process of spinning a material containing secreted fibresconsisting in oiling the-material by means of a product containing adecoction of mallow roots and spinning such oiled mass of materialaccording to convenient methods.

3. A process of spinning a material containing I secreted fibresconsisting in oiling the material 10 by means of a, product containing adecoction of a mixture of malvaceous plants, suchaamallow roots, and ofplants of the order of the compositae, such as tussilage (colts foot),and spinning such oiled mass of material according to convenientmethods;

4. A process of manufacturing a textile article containing yarncomprising secreted fibres, consisting in oiling the mass of material tobe spun by means of a substance containing a mucilaginous product;spinning this material according to a convenient method, producing bymeans ofsuch yarn a'textile article such as a fabric, hosiery and. thelike, and felting the thus produced textile article inan acid bath.

5. A process of manufacturing atextile article containing yarncomprising secreted fibres, consisting in oiling the mass of material tobe spun by means of a substance containing a decoction of malvaceousplants such as mallow roots, spinning this material, producing by meansof the yarn obtained a textile article such as a fabric, hosiery and thelike, and fulling such article in an acid bath.

' JULIEN VAN PU'YMBROECK.

